New strategy toward dioxin risk reduction for local residents surrounding severe dioxin hotspots in Vietnam

Global Health Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tran, Tuyet Hanh Thi ^a   Nguyen, Ngoc Bich ^a   Le, Vu Anh ^a  

^a HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Dioxin exposure through foods; Dioxin hotspots; Dioxin risk reduction; Intervention program; Risk communication; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIOXIN EXPOSURE THROUGH FOODS; DIOXIN HOTSPOTS; DIOXIN RISK REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION PROGRAM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; RISK COMMUNICATION; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VIET NAM; YOUNG ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TOXICITY;

DIOXIN EXPOSURE THROUGH FOODS; DIOXIN HOTSPOTS; DIOXIN RISK REDUCTION; INTERVENTION PROGRAM; RISK COMMUNICATION; VIETNAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886241039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.21105     Document Type: Article

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